Mike Leigh

“It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.”

“I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.”

“There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.”

“Given the choice of Hollywood or poking steel pins in my eyes, I'd prefer steel pins.”